Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The first Bishop of Kuching to be styled as such was appointed in 1962. [3] In 1968, Basil Temenggong was appointed the bishop of the diocese, becoming the first native Malaysian and Sarawakian to be appointed to the seat. [4] The current bishop is Danald Jute who was appointed after the retirement of the former bishop, Bolly Lapok.
The Diocese of Kuching is a diocese of the Anglican Church of the Province of South East Asia that covers Sarawak (in Malaysia) and Brunei. Founded in 1962, the see was originally established as the Bishopric of Sarawak linked to the Diocese of Labuan in 1855. [ 1 ]
Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is in St Joseph's Cathedral, in Kuching, named after the spouse of the Virgin Mary, who was the diocese's patron. Former auxiliary bishop Simon Peter Poh Hoon Seng was appointed as the third and current Archbishop of Kuching by Pope Francis on 4 March 2017 following the resignation of his predecessor, John Ha ...
Datuk Made anak Katib (23 January 1942 – 23 January 2013) was a Malaysian former Anglican Bishop of the Diocese of Kuching.He held the position from 1996 until 2007. An ethnic Biatah Bidayuh, he was the first Bishop of the diocese to emerge from the Bidayuh Dayak community.
A housekeeper’s husband was arrested near Los Angeles on Monday in connection with the fatal shooting of a Catholic bishop, who might've been killed over a financial beef, officials said.
He retired from Kuching in 1968, being replaced by Basil Temenggong, the first native Sarawakian bishop. After his return from Malaysia in 1968, he was then an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Worcester until 1991. [15] [16] He was also Chaplain to St Oswald's Hospital, Worcester (1973–74).
A retired Roman Catholic bishop appeared in court in remote Western Australia on Thursday on charges of sexual offences against children, including two counts of rape. The charges against ...
On 15 April 2007, Bolly was consecrated as the 13th Bishop of Kuching, succeeding the Rt. Rev'd Datuk Made Katib. In the Extraordinary Provincial Synod Meeting held in Kota Kinabalu , Sabah, Malaysia on 21 to 23 September 2011, he was elected as the Archbishop elect of the Province of South East Asia and was installed on 12 February 2012 at St ...